'Deeply Disturbed, Using Women As Instruments To Perpetrate Violence Unacceptable' : Supreme Court Takes Cognizance Of Manipur Sexual Violence Video

The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the horrific video showing two women in Manipur being paraded naked and subjected to sexual violence amidst the ethnic conflict in the State. The Court asked the Centre and the State Government to inform it of the steps taken to bring the perpetrators into law.Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud had sought for the presence of...

Holding Woman's Hand, Threatening Her Without Intention To Outrage Her Modesty Not Offence U/S 354 IPC: Kerala Court

A Kerala Court recently held that merely holding a woman's hand and threatening to kill her would not attract the offence of assault or criminal force to outrage a woman's modesty under Section 354 IPC. The Judicial First Class Magistrate II Aluva Santhosh T.K., observed that in order to commit the offence under Section 354 IPC, it would have to be proved that the accused used criminal force...

Supreme Court Allows Teachers To File Representation Before Centre Against Selection Criteria For National Award For Teachers

The Supreme Court recently allowed teachers from 10 different states who had jointly filed a plea challenging the revised selection process for National Award to Teachers issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development Ministry in 2018 as "opaque and discriminatory", to approach the Centre with their representation.The Court took note of the submission of the Union that the criterion for...

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 50K Costs On Litigant Who Sought 'Neutral Bench' Without OBC/Unreserved Category Judges To Hear Reservation Matter

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000 on a litigant who sought the constitution of a ‘special neutral bench’ with judges who neither belong to OBC nor to unreserved category, to hear a matter pertaining to enhancement in reservation in public service filed by candidates in OBC and unreserved category candidates. The plea was filed before the Apex Court challenging...

Teesta Setalvad Case | 'What Investigation Done In 24 Hours? What Was State Doing For 20 Yrs?' : Questions By Supreme Court To Gujarat Police

In a significant development, not only was social activist Teesta Setalvad’s bail application allowed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, but a three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, AS Bopanna, and Dipankar Datta also asked a number of incisive and critical questions during the hearing. Here is a compilation of certain pressing questions posed by the top court during the hearing...

BREAKING | New Chief Justices Appointed In High Courts Of Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana And Odisha

New chief justices have been appointed in the High Courts of Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana, and Odisha. The President of India has, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed the following judges as the Chief Justices of their respective High Courts–1. Justice Alok Aradhe has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High CourtJustice Aradhe was appointed as a...

Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Directing NCERT To Redetermine Scores Of NTSE Exam Of 2013 After Considering English Marks

The Supreme Court recently set aside the order of the Rajasthan High Court that directed the NCERT to determine the merit of students afresh in the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) of 2013 after considering their marks scored in the language test. The Rajasthan High Court had granted relief two 10th Standard Students who had approached the High Court aggrieved by the decision of...

Can 'Rules Of Game' Be Changed After Selection Process Has Started? Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench on Tuesday(July 18) reserved its judgement in the batch of petitions raising the issue of whether the "rules of the game" can be changed after the selection process for posts has begun. The bench consisted of Chief Justice of India Dr DY Chandrachud, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice PS Narasimha, Justice Pankaj Mithal, and Justice Manoj Misra.The bench...

Bengaluru Court Orders Take Down Of 'Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare' Trailer For Using Actor-Politician Ramya's Name Allegedly Without Permission

A Court in Bengaluru has passed an ex-parte interim order directing Gulmohur Films, Zee Entertainment and other respondents to take down all the trailers of Kannada film 'Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare' showing the name, clips of film actor and ex-MP Divya Spandana (alias Ramya), allegedly without her permission. Additional City Civil and Session Judge Ravindra Hegde further ordered, “By...

ED Seeks Thoothukudi Court's Permission To Assist DVAC In Disproportionate Assets Case Against TN Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan

Thoothukudi Principal Sessions Court has adjourned to August 2 a petition filed by Enforcement Directorate's Special Public Prosecutor N Ramesh, seeking permission to assist the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in the ongoing Disproportionate Assets case against Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan.The petition was filed by the prosecutor under Section 301 and...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Teesta Setalvad; Calls Gujarat HC Observations 'Perverse', 'Contradictory'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad in the Gujarat police case over alleged fabrication of evidence in the 2002 riots cases.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, AS Bopanna and Dipankar Datta quashed the Gujarat High Court's order which denied her regular bail after opining that the High Court's observations were "perverse"...

'Being A Journalist Doesn’t Mean You Have The License To Take Law Into Your Own Hands': Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that a journalist or a reporter doesn’t have the license to take the law into their own hands. The Court made the observation while hearing a plea by a journalist who was denied anticipatory bail by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The case of the journalist was that he was trying to expose a racket involving the illegal sale and purchase of a...